Inspired by U.S. protests, some Belgians want colonial king statues removed

Inspired by U.S. protests, some Belgians want colonial king statues removed

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Inspired by global protests at the death of unarmed black American George Floyd, some 30,000 people in Belgium have signed two petitions to remove statues of the country's colonial-era King Leopold II, whose troops decimated Congo in the late 1800s.

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